Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-03

are TO-DAY, said that Mr.. Lewis Mckenzie

here today, said that Mr.. Lewis Mckenzie
is the head of the lodge OF the order organ
lied in Alexandria last week.
The lssest intelligence from China respect
ing The telephone scheme IN which Count Nit.
kiewicz, who is well known in some parts of
Virginia, is interested is to the following Ell.
fe ct:"An American party hasarrived at lien
tsin and are negotiating for concession to in
trodcce the telephone, and hope to succeed,
but as the telephone is no novelty here, ana
the Chinese imperial telegraphs are under
competent control, who can manage teie'
phones as we'll rs telegraphs, 1t is not alto
gether certain that the Americans will be
able to make q success OF their present ven
ture. Even If they get q contract, 1t Is not
likely 10 be 8 very remuneratlve one, LOT
the silnple reason that there is but limited
c.ass to use it,
Volume 81 Of the Statutes at Large con-
tanning the acts of the 49th Congress and re-
cent treaties and Presidential proclamations
has been printed ct ;he Government Print
ing Office and is ready tor issue at the State
Department.
Tha Department Of State has prepared
and published bound volume OF consular
reports upon DAIRY farming in all parts OF
| the world 1t contains eight hundred
printed pages and is prolusey illustrated.
Ex-Congressman DeZendorf Of Virginia,
who has lust &turned from Il trip to Ten
nessee, IL which State he has some mining
interests, says no doesn't know much about
| Virginia politics now, but that from ell ne
hears he is induced to believe the repubil-
cans have good chance of success next iall
! if they be relieved Of the weight Of bossism
Senator German of Maryland, was at the
CAPITOL to-day. The Senator is confident Of
the continued success Of the democratic
party in his own State, and thinks the pros
meets of tho national democracy are highly
favorable.
A party of Neutrality-suspicious. went over tc
Alexan(llia yesterday to look through Port
ner's famous brewery there. They were as
| t0n;shed 81 the extensiyeness as we'll as at
| the completeness OF the establishment, and
sag they had no idea of the brewery's Ca
spacity foT business, but that immense az ii
| is. they undersian il is taxed to its utmost
to supply orders.
The police court here was crowded to- day
by people eager to hear the prurientevidenct
in the Crawford fornication case.
Among the evidences of Indian savagery
recently received at the War Department is
a neckiace formed of eleven human fingers
each finger being that of different mar
killed by the Iudian who strung them to
gsther.
Appointment Clerk Higgins, Of the 1'rea
sury Department. mas returned from his re
cent visit 30 tae seaside. He seems to relish
the notorety the republican newspapers o
the North are giving him or account OF hi
public ,,enunciation OF the civil service
humbug, and say the fact that they are DO
ing so shows plainly enough the grea
strsits to which they are reduced for cam
paien matter.
The Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio
and Philadelphia and Reading roads have
addressed circular to all connecting line
that trip tickets 10 Philadelphia for those
attending the Constitutional Centennia
Commission be issued on basis of TIVE
cents per milo between Sept. and Sept. %
for military and other organizations mum
beriug over twenty-five at one cent per mile
The committee of ono hundred organized t
look after the affairs Of this city and public cit
izens' meeting have both passed. resolutions urg
ing tho President to remove Tho present mug
wump board of commissioners of tho District 0
Columbia for alleged crookedness. One of tn
commissioners, Mr.. Webb was sent for to-day b.
the President, who had a long talk with him upol
the subject of the complaints that are made sgans
the beard.